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orchid-grower's manual. 



L. PALLAS, Veitch.—A splendid hybrid, the result of a cross between 

 Gatileya Dowiana and Gattleya (Laelia) crispa, obtained by Messrs. J. Veitch 

 & Sons, and exhibited by them before the Eoyal Horticultural Society on 

 December 10th, 1889, and again on November 14th, 1893. Sepals pale rose, 

 petals rosy-purple, with undulate margins ; lip large, of a deep aiid rich 

 maroon, edges very much frilled, and with a narrow rosy-purple margin; 

 throat veined with orange-yellow. — Garden hybrid. 



LAELIO-CATTLETA I'HOEBB. 



(From the Gardeners' Chronicle.') 



L. PHILBRICKIANA, Bolfe. — A cross between Gattleya Aclandiae and 

 Laelio-Gattleya elegans, raised by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, which is described 

 as follows : — " The flowering bulb is only 5 inches high, two-leaved, the larger 

 leaf being 3^ inches long and If inch wide; the flowers are uncommonly 

 beautiful, equalling those of a good Laelia elegans, as they are to be seen in 

 Mr. Day's grand display, most probably unique in the world; the sepals and 

 petals are light chestnut-brown, with purple spots ; anterior blade of lip trans- 

 verse, sub-cordate, and emarginate, of a deep rich purple, with a little white 

 triangle to be seen in the very middle of the base, running out in a line, not to 



